Before doing this activity you may need to read the text you will find at the end
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| at home? / you / usually / Do / have lunch |
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| win / always / Does / Kevin / ? |
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| usually / very tired / in the mornings. / Something is the matter with me. I / am |
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| Begin the sentence with SHE |
| rarely / listens / when you talk to her / She |
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| asking me questions / is / She / always |
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| My parents / come / to help me / very often |
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| saw / I / five times / it |
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| eat / I / hardly ever / oranges |
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| listen / never / They / can |
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| your car keys / never / can / find / You |
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| once a year / to the dentist / I / usually / go |
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| you / Do / go / every day / ? / to the gym |
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| breaks down / My car / several times a year |
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| always / dress / in green? / I / Can |
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| often / Mike / for dinner / eats / pizza |
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| three times a week / I / to the gym / go |
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| Tom / rarely / help you / will / if you need it |
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| Do / feel tired? / you / often |
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| to the disco? / do / you / go / often / How |
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| Place it in mid-position (not at the beginning or the end) |
| is / John / often / late |
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| go / usually / I / once a month / to the hairdresser's |
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| We / soup / have / every other day |
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| day in, day out / shopping / have to go / I |
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| every other day. / need / I travel a lot. I / some petrol |
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| need / usually / some help with the homework / They |
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| Begin the sentence with YESTERDAY |
| phoned / me / Yesterday, / she / twice |
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| in blue / very often / dresses / She |
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| get up / always / at 8 a.m. / I |
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| My parents / go on holiday / almost never |
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| I / know / never / what to say |
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FREQUENCY ADVERBS
These adverbs answer the question: How often?
Here is a list ordered from more to less frequency (percentages are approximative)
ALWAYS (100%)
FREQUENTLY (90%)
USUALLY (85%) = generally, normally
OFTEN (75%)
SOMETIMES (50%) = now and then
OCCASIONALLY (35%)
SELDOM (25%)
RARELY (10%)
HARDLY EVER (5%)
NEVER (0%)
Word order:
One-word adverbs
Before normal verbs (the rest)
- I OFTEN go to the cinema
- He RARELY watches television
After special verbs (to be, have, do, can, will, etc.)
- I am ALWAYS here
- you can NEVER speak fast o
exceptions:
- I HARDLY EVER watch football on TV
- Tim ALMOST NEVER eats pudding
Notice: Some of these can use VERY (with the same position).
- I VERY OFTEN eat potatoes
- We VERY RARELY go to the beach
Two words or more
At the end of the sentence
- I go to the cinema TWICE A MONTH
- He works in the mornings EVERY OTHER DAY (= every two days)
- He watches football DAY IN, DAY OUT (= every day, every single day)
- We go hiking SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR (= a few times every year)
How many times?
Once = x1
Twice = x2
Three times = x3
Four times, etc. = x4
These frequency phrases usually go at the end:
- You have to ring the bell twice
- I go to the cinema once a month
- Tim goes to school three times a week
